I'm certainly not uninterested in this thread, Chris, but too many other
tangles are inhabiting my head (like the rhyme?). The collapse is real - I
notice how the space for poetry books keeps diminishing in most bookshops,
which for most people now are represented by chain-stores, marvellous things
like Kris Hemensley's shop in Melbourne don't usually occur in most places,
while on a personal level I have a very simple difficulty: I live in a small
flat and the thousand or so books I have here have taken up most of my
pitiful allotment of space, so I increasingly demur from buying new books of
+any kind+ as I haven't got anywhere left (almost) to put them. Not
something I'm happy about.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Emery" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Poetry buyers
Any other takers on this thread? I'm astonished no one thinks the crisis in
poetry sales isn't important?
Best as ever
C
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